Article about vertical wall-mounting of servers
An interesting solution for home laboratories, small test rooms or maintenance-free points where 1-2-3 pieces of equipment are placed, and every square centimeter is worth its weight in gold
I often came up with the idea: why not place servers vertically, because if you do not have a special server rack, but have a 1U-4U machine, and even a full length of 655 mm, then this bandura will take up the entire room, the entire table or rack. No, I'm not saying that server cabinets are outdated and ...
What factors should be used to choose the server processor?
Why when choosing a processor, do not pay attention to the price per core or the price per Watt, but rather use the cost of a Megahertz with HT disabled and using Turbo Boost?
Here's how it used to be good: for servers, there was a single Pentium Pro processor, which you didn't need to choose. With the advent of multi-core processors, it became clear that the more computing blocks, the better, but only until marketers stepped in and pided one CPU into ten sockets with ten cache options and ...
Guide for migration from Intel Xeon to AMD EPYC: debunking myths, avoiding pitfalls
Ordinary system administrators and large IT-directors, when it comes to AMD, sometimes ask completely childish questions, and we answer them. Existing stack compatibility, TCO reduction, performance and support issues.
Consider a typical situation: in your company, it’s time to expand your data center, or replace outdated equipment, and your supplier suggests that you consider a server on an AMD EPYC (ROME) processor. It does not matter whether you have already made a decision or are just ...
What are the chances of AMD in the server market? Part II
... of analytical reviews on the server
AMD strategy, its processors, ... technologies and overall server “ecosystem”.
To successfully return to ... the ideologies of modular processors using chiplets (MCM, SoC) and ... historically trained the market to buy higher-end processors, limiting ... , which forces customers to buy more expensive versions of chips ... time in 4 generations of server platforms planned significant changes: ... much more expensive version of Datacenter*.
There are exceptions on the ...
What are the chances of AMD in the server market? Expert opinion and Analytics
Why is AMD pinning its hopes on the second generation of processors, announced on August 7, 2019, and are these hopes destined to come true? We will take a short digression into the history, and see why it happened with Opteron-s, and how the server market has changed during the absence of AMD on it.
This article is the first in a series of analytical reviews devoted to AMD's server strategy, its processors, technologies, and the overall server ecosystem»
"EPYC" History
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Synology DS1010+ review: keep your data in business class
This is a 5-disk file server, expandable to 10 disks using an external module. This NAS has a 2-core processor that can achieve speeds of up to 200 MB/s, and the third generation Synology Disk Station Manager with a multitasking web-based window interface allows you to make any settings faster and easier. What is interesting about this NAS for small businesses and what are its fundamental differences from competitors, we will consider in this article.
Today, those who choose a NAS for ...
Neuromorphic future: an attempt to put the brain in the server
In this article, we will talk about alternatives to following Moore's law, and which technologies can be used in data centers of the future.
Until today, processor manufacturers have been forced to follow Moore's law in order to produce a new generation of chips with higher performance and lower power consumption. In our time, the picture of the world has changed. Research around the world suggests a wide variety of architectures that are more productive and consume less energy. In this ...
Freebies will not be! VMware waives the license for the socket
... 32 physical cores in the server, you will need a ... there's still time to buy EPYC.
I hope you had ... how your new 1-socket server on AMD EPYC smartly ... or 4 processors in the server, the price increased by ... that the same people who buy home Ryzen and see ... difference between an AMD server and an Intel server, including software, ... are left out. when you buy them, you pay a ... one of the few who used a software-based license.
... compare it with Microsoft Windows Server Datacenter Edition, Oracle programs or ...
Qualcomm Cloud AI 100 AI accelerators for data centers
... ceiling; data centers continue to buy AI accelerators in bulk, ... industrial applications.
Among this hierarchy, datacenters are the best market for ... , major clients of the server world have heard that a ... this is an ASIC for datacenters
As usual, there is very ... the new accelerators will be used for calculations based on ... up with the idea of using ASICs for artificial intelligence, ... about GPUs, they can be used for universal tasks: training ... use AI in business will buy more processing accelerators than ...
